Mozilla: SVG issues found with Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2012-14)

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsSMILTimeValueSpec::ConvertBetweenTimeContainer function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.28 and 4.x through 10.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, Thunderbird before 3.1.20 and 5.0 through 10.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.8 might...

Finally Google Chrome gets hacked at Pwn2Own

Finally Google Chrome gets hacked at Pwn2Own Vupen Security and Sergey Glazunov independently managed to penetrate Google Chrome's security defenses at the Pwn2Own and 'Pwnium' contests respectively. The annual competition, which invites ethical hackers from around the world to attempt hacking in...

HTTPS: block-wise chosen-plaintext attack against SSL/TLS (BEAST)

The SSL protocol, as used in certain configurations in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, and other products, encrypts data by using CBC mode with chained initialization vectors, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain plaintext HT...

Federal Trojan's Got A "Big Brother"

About two weeks ago, the German Chaos Computer Club CCC has published an analysis report of a backdoor trojan that they claim had been used by German police during investigations in order to capture VoIP and IM communication on a suspect’s PC. Our friends over at F-Secure published a blog post la...

GateOne Beta - Terminal emulator for HTML5 web browsers

GateOne Beta - Terminal emulator for HTML5 web browsers The software makes use of WebSockets to connect a server backend written in Python and a frontend written for modern browsers in JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS. The frontend doesn't require any browser plug-ins to be installed.Gate One also...

DarkComet-RAT v4.2 fwb (Firewall bypass)

DarkComet-RAT v4.2 fwb Firewall bypass This version is firewall bypass it will inject to web browsers and bypass firewall rules. Targets are in this order : Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer and Explorer if all fails normally never then it runs normally. Notice now you can use...

Fraudulent Digital Certificates Spoofing Vulnerability (2607712)

Microsoft Windows operating system is prone to a spoofing vulnerability. This VT has been superseded by KB2641690 which is addressed in the VT SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right...

Session fixation

The SSL protocol, as used in certain configurations in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, and other products, encrypts data by using CBC mode with chained initialization vectors, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain plaintext HT...

ICQ Website Cross Site Scripting

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | noptrix.net - Public Security Advisory | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Date: ----- 07/26/2011 Vendor: ------- ICQ website - http://www.icq.com/ Affected Software:...

Researchers Find Browser History-Sniffing Still Ongoing

The practice of history sniffing, which has been seen as out-of-bounds and a serious privacy violation for the better part of a decade now, is still ongoing by some ad networks, researchers have found. A study completed recently by researchers at Stanford University’s Center for Internet and...

Phony SSL Certificates issued for Google, Yahoo, Skype, Others

UPDATED: A major issuer of secure socket layer SSL certificates acknowledged on Wednesday that it had issued 9 fraudulent SSL certificates to seven Web domains, including those for Google.com, Yahoo.com and Skype.com following a security compromise at an affiliate firm. The attack originated from...

Step 6: Update and Patch

With your machine disinfected, take a few moments to update your operating system software and any third party applications to their latest and most secure version. Rogue antivirus and scareware programs are usually delivered as drive by downloads spawned by malicious Web sites. These leverage...

Microsoft Releases Zero IE8 Security Updates Before "Pwn2Own" !

Microsoft has opted not to release any patches to its Internet Explorer 8 browser prior to this year's Pwn2Own browser exploit challenge, which is set to run from March 9 to March 11 at the CanSecWest security conference. There's been no indication as to why Microsoft's not making one last effort...

Password Management Site LastPass Sports Security Hole

Web surfers frustrated with the task of managing a forest of user names and passwords have been flocking to LastPass in an effort to simplify. But now a a security researcher says that a security flaw in that company’s Web site could reveal sensitive account details. Mike Cardwell, an independent...

OddJob Trojan Piggybacks On Legitimate eBanking Sessions

A new Trojan leads online banking customer into thinking they have logged out of their sessions when in fact they remain logged in. Discovered by Trusteer researchers, this completely new piece of malware represents the evolution of online attacks in the ways in which it integrates new and old...

iDefense Security Advisory 02.08.11: Adobe Shockwave Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability

iDefense Security Advisory 02.08.11 http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/ Feb 08, 2011 I. BACKGROUND Adobe Shockwave Player is a popular Web browser plug-in. It is available for multiple Web browsers and platforms, including Windows, and MacOS. Shockwave Player enables Web browse...

Google Bets $20k Against the Field at 2011 Pwn2Own

Google has announced plans to pay $20,000 to anyone who can successfully exploit a vulnerability in their Chrome browser and infiltrate a Cr-48 Chrome Notebook. Google’ is offering the cash prize as part of Zero Day Initiative’s Pwn2POwn contest which will be taking place March 9-11 during the 20...

Researcher Finds Scores of Web Browser Holes

A prominent security researcher has published the results of application tests on prominent Web browsers that he claims has uncovered scores of new, previously unknown security holes. Michal Zalewski is a Poland-based security researcher for Google. In a post on January 1, Zalewski used a blog po...

FTC Pushes "Do Not Track" Option For Web Browsers

The Federal Trade Commission introduced a framework today that aims to address privacy issues raised by consumers that directly affects how our activity is tracked online. The agency went on to advocate the creation of a “Do Not Track” mechanism that could help shape the future of browser securit...

2) Set Web browsers to "stun"

Cyber criminals know that Web browsers are like mothers: everybody’s got one. They also know that if you’re shopping online, you’re using your Web browser to do it. That’s why Web based attacks are one of the most popular kind avenue of compromise and online. The good news is that most modern Web...